New insights into why women develop Alzheimer's more than men

Two new studies presented recently at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Los Angeles are shedding light on the longstanding mystery of why women suffer from Alzheimer's and dementia at higher rates than men. As well as discovering sex-specific genes associated with Alzheimer's risk, the researchers describe how toxic dementia-causing proteins spread differently through female brains.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Alzheimer's Disease
• Brain
• Dementia
• Genetics
• Neuroscience
• Sex
• Women

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